|  | | | | | | | | | Top News | | The Democratic head of a powerful U.S. House committee asked the Internal Revenue Service for six years of President Donald Trump’s personal and business tax returns, in a long-awaited move widely expected to lead to a long court battle with the White House. The request is viewed by Democrats in the House of Representatives as a vital first step toward oversight of Trump’s income taxes and business network, which some lawmakers believe could be rife with conflicts of interest and potential tax law violations. | | | | Hopes were raised that an Illinois boy missing since 2011 may have been found in Kentucky, after local police agencies were asked to help track down a teen’s claim that he is Timmothy Pitzen, who was last seen with his mother eight years ago. However, details of the case remained murky Wednesday evening. | | | | An American woman who was kidnapped with her driver at Uganda’s most popular wildlife park by gunmen had failed to take an armed ranger as required by the park’s regulations, a spokesman for the country’s wildlife authority said. Kimberley Sue Endecott, 35, and Ugandan driver Jean Paul were on a game drive in Queen Elizabeth National Park when four gunmen ambushed their vehicle on Tuesday evening, police said. | | | | The Australian man arrested over New Zealand’s mosques shooting massacre will face a total of 50 murder charges and 39 attempted murder charges when he appears in court on Friday, police said. As Australia confronts the uncomfortable truth that the man was one of its own, the country is in the midst of an acrimonious debate about its past race policies and whether recent political discourse about immigration and Islam had any role to play in the gunman's radicalization. | | | | Trade talks between the United States and China made “good headway” last week in Beijing and the two sides aim to bridge differences during talks that could extend beyond three days this week, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said. Negotiations continued in Washington on Wednesday after meetings last week in Beijing, spearheaded by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. | | | | The presence of more than 200 Chinese fishing boats near an island occupied by Manila in the disputed South China Sea is illegal and a clear violation of Philippine sovereignty, the country’s foreign ministry said. “Such actions when not repudiated by the Chinese government are deemed to have been adopted by it,” the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a rare rebuke of Beijing. | | | | | | Two @Reuters journalists have been imprisoned in Myanmar for 479 days. See full coverage: https://reut.rs/2UePY2R 5:22 AM - Apr 4, 2019 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | Lawyers for Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk will argue that he did not violate a fraud settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and should not be held in contempt, the latest twist in a high-profile battle between the billionaire and the government. Here is a sampling of some of Musk’s more notable posts on Twitter, where he now has more than 25 million followers. 5 min read | | | | Deutsche Bank came under increased pressure to move forward on a tie-up with Commerzbank after Italy’s UniCredit was named as a potential alternative bidder for the German lender. 3 min read | | | | Oil prices fell for a second day, with Brent briefly edging below $69 per barrel because of rising inventories and production in the United States, but losses were limited as supply tightened elsewhere. 3 Min Read | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
